"I thought maybe I'd go into the business."
"You don't think of setting up a stand, do you?" asked the man, with a significant glance at Ben's ragged attire.
"No," said Ben. "I haven't got capital enough for that, unless you'll sell out for fifty cents."
"I suppose you want a few to carry round and sell?"
"Yes."
"Where do you think of going with them?"
"Down to the wharves. I'm a baggage-smasher, and I thought I might make somethin' by sellin' papers, when I hadn't any baggage to carry."
"I get my papers from the 'American News Company' on Nassau Street."
"I know the place well enough."
"What papers do you think I could sell best?" asked Ben.